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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-05-06
Oar Heating.

1t is gratifying to notice that some
progress is made every week in the
work of substituting steam for stoves
in railroad cars. For ten days q train
heated by steam was run between St.
Albans and White River Junction, Vt,
the round trip covering two hundred
and forty-two miles. The working of
the system in use on this train has been
inspected by the Vermont Railroad
Commissioners and many practical
railroad men, and all of these, as we'll
as the officers of the road, are satisfied
that the problem has been solved. In
this section heat is furnished by steam
that would otherwise be wasted. The
terrible accident at White River oc-
cured on the road over which this train
runs, and many lives would have been
saved if the train wrecked last winter
had been heated in the same way.
Accidents will happen, but some of the
worst horrors attendant upon our rail
road casualties will be things of the
past when the stoves are no more.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-05-06
Mine Disaster.
FIVE MEN KILLED AT ASHLAND

A terrible accident occurred Wednes.
day afternoon at Tunnel Colliery, Ash
land, operated by the Philadelphia &
Reading Coal & Iron Co., by which
five men were killed, leaving four
widows and II orphans. Owing to an
anticipated "run" of the "pillars' the
west gangway had not been working for
couple of weeks. For the same reason
only experienced miners were working
or the mortality would have been far
greater. Notwithstanding all possible
circumspection the apprehended "run'
occurred at about o'clock, bringing
down with the coal volume of deadly
gas by which the FIVE human victims
together with six mules were suffocat.
ed. The accident was not discovered
until some two hours later and when
the air Of the fatal gangway had been
purified to admit of reaching the vic
Tins they were all found dead. Their
names are, Fire Boss Henry Gill, mar.
ried and FIVE children Henry Morrow,
married, no children; Michael Bohon-
non, married, two children Daniel
Finn, married, ten children, all of Ash
land, and Ebenezer Frances, single, of
Girardville.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-05-06
The Approach Of Cholera,

The report that cholera had broken
out at Guaymas and Mazatlan, on the
eastern shore of the Gulf of California,
is ostentatiously denied by Mexican
officials, and if the denial is not denied
in day or two it may be taken for
granted that present danger from this
source is not to be apprehended. There
is nothing improbable in the appear
ance of cholera on the west coast of
Mexico. 1t is raging in Bolivia, South
western Brazil and Chill. Columbia
has established strict quarantine
against vessels coming from Chill, and
it would be quite possible for the dis
ease to be carried by Panama and ap-
pear on the western coast of Mexico in
advance of its appearance in Central
America.
The cities of Mazatlan and Quay.
mas are plague spots and es-
pecially liable to al outbreak OF
this fatal epidemic. Guaymas is
about three hundred miles south OF
the northern line of Mexico and is con-
nected with Nogales, Arizona, by the
Sonora Railroad. 1t is small city
with harbor nearly land-locked, is
very hot and without any drainage.
1t communicates py steamers and other
vessels with the Pacific ports of Cen.
trail and South America. Mazatlan lies
four hundred and fifty miles farther
to the south than Guaymas 1t is hard.
ly ever free from yellow fever and
other epedemic diseases and seems to
have no sanitary regulations at all. II
cholera were brought to either of these
ports 1t would be almost certain of dis
lribution by rail and otherwise to Cali.
fornia, Arizona, Utah and New Mexi.
co. In view of these possibilities 1t
will be the part of wisdom to take the
denials of the existence of the disease
at these cities by interested Mexican
officials with some margin of allowance
and establish rigid quarantine agains,
them until the truth or falsity of the
report be established beyond dispute
And while they are about it the
United States health officials, as well
as the municipal quarantine authorities
at all our Atlantic and Gulf ports
should be very yigilant during the re-
mainder of the present season. Cholera
has crossed the Atlantic, and it is much
more easily distributed by land and
short water routes than across the main
ocean. 1t can only be kept at bay by
the most rigid and effective quarantine
regulations. 1t is not worth while tc
get in panic because cholera is rag
ing in South America, but it is worth
while TO guard against any occasion
for panic by leaving no stone unturn
ed to prevent its importation into the
seaport and inland cities of the United
States. Times.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-05-06
WASHINGTON LETTER
tFrom our Regular Correspondent
WAsutNaToN n n Mayons

WASHINGTON, d. c., May end, 1887.
The beautiful Capital of the United
States is beginning to bloom row and
in one week more il will be in all its
glory of vernal attire. 1t is well that
it does, for good representation oi
the Nation will be here during the next
few weeks, and the city wants to look
its loveliest. The streets are being
swept, the lawns trimmed, the fount.
aims sparkle in the sunshine, and the
parterres begin to blaze with natures
brightest hues.
Washington will be nothing if not
lively during the month of May. The
Grand Encampment of the Salvation
Army opened the din on the lst. Then
Patti took up the strain with admission
fee to the Graod Stand ranging from
ten dollars upward. Almost simultan
eously the flyers of the Jockey Club
and Forepaughs Circus will make nc
end to home runs at the race track and
athletic park respectively, and about
the time these rackets weary an enter
tainment will be in order, which, for
tunately for pockets, is free to all.
This will be the dedication of the
Garfield statue by the Army of the
Cumberland, with procession, music,
and an oration by the late Speaker
Keifer, who by special permission OF
the High Custodian of political corpses
has been resussitated for this occasion
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Sthupltr's ~Sardluare.
Mtls!'s GA!s1M finish

So many people associate our
Calsom finish with a white wash,
as an article to be thought Of
only as suitable for the kitchen
or some out of the way room
where anything will do, that we
want to take space this week to
better explain its merits. In the
first place it is not white wash
or a wash of any color, it is
cement which dries and hardens
and becomes a part of the wall
on which it is applied, does not
crack, or peel, or rub off, it
comes in a variety of colors and
can be applied over wood, wall
paper or any hard wall, and
makes as handsome a finish
as any wall paper at less than
half the expense; it is used on
the finest parlors, halls and
stores; if you do not want to go
to the expense Of getting a
painter or kalsominer to put it
on, get a good brush and you
can do it yourself A good ar
ticle is always initiated and we
caution parties against buying
any article which is represented
as just as good; see that the
name "Moore's Calsom Finish" "
and directions in English and
German, are on the package. If
your merchant does not keep it
send to us.
If a man has a poor pocket
knife he will get rid of it some
how, but will sit around and
watch his wife hack away with an
old pair of shears as if it was a
matter of course, and when he
does buy her a pair generally
looks the case over and selects
something low priced; there are
again others who have really
tried to get a good article and
failed. For the benefit of peo-
pie who are willing to pay the
price of a good article we have
added a full line of the cele-
brated "Heinisch" shears, they
are not so very high priced and
are worth every time all they
cost, there is no 'throwing away
money" buying them.
We are opening up more fish
ing tackle again this week. It's
astonishing what nice things
there are in this line, and for so
little money. We have almost
everything, from the best to the
cheapest.
j. R. SCHUYLER e Co.,
Bloomsbury, Pa.
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The Mollie Maguires.
THE LAST TWO OF THE FAMOUS CONviCTs
GRANTED THEIR PARDONs.

The Pardon Board has approved the
applications for pardon of Michael
OBrien and Christopher Donnelly,
familiarly known as "the last of the
Mollie Maguires." Twenty one were
hanged, many served various terms oi
Imprisonment and large number fled
the country when the murderous con.
spiracy was exposed. O'Brien and
Donnelly were sentenced in 1876 to
fourteen years each in the Schuylkil
County Prison for completely in the
murder of Conner James. at Shenandoah
and the attempted murder of the Major
brothers and William Thomas, at Maha
noy City. Communication deducted,
their sentences would have expired in
June next unless il should have been
held that the two sentences imposed
upon each did not merge, in which case
they would have some two years long
er to serve. Their liberation will com
plete the dark chapter of MOllie Ma.
guire crime and expiation.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-05-06

then will come The Crownlng event OF
the season, the long expected National
Drill, lasting for more than week and
eliminating in grand final pageant
on Decoration day.
The work of fencing in the Drill
field is going on and everything will be
in readiness in due time. The enclos-
ure is 1850 feet in diameter, and the
grand stand will be 80 arranged as to
enable spectators to see the entire field
and all the performances. For the
camp, $50 tents have been engaged
and some of the visiting companies will
bring their own tents. AT one extrem.
ity Of the Drill ground a panorama OF
the famous battle between the Merri-
mao and Monitor in Hampton Roads
will be erected, which will be very
realistic exhibition of this encounter.
It will be 10 full view of the grand
stand, and will form one of the attrac.
tions each night.
General Augur has been appointed
to the command of the National Drill
camp. He is fine, soldierly looking
officer, who lives quietly with his fam.
| lily ia Georgetown. 1t was expected
that man of national reputation would
be appointed to this position, for .he
reason that it is a national affair,
crowds of American citizens are com.
ing from all parts of the country, and
it was supposed that all the arrange
ments would be as national as possible
in character. Still it was no easy
matter to find just such commandant
who had sufficient leisure to give the
matter the necessary attention at this
time. Gen. Anger being on the re-
tired list, can devote himself exclusive
ly to his duties, and 1t is thought, will
prove satisfactory in other ways. He
was very much grati6ed by the honor
conferred upon him. AT present it
seems as if all that will be necessary
to make the event successful IN every
particular is that those who furnish the
weather for us will suppress everything
akin to the beastly article that was In
flicted here at the same time last year.
The Garfield statue which is to be
unveiled with imposing ceremonies
cost $65,O0O, of which $4,000 was
appropriated by Congress for the ped
estal, and the other $4,000 was raised
by his comrades of the Society of the
Army of the Cumberland. 1t stands
in circle at the foot of Capitol Hill,
southwesterly from the Capitol, and is
q pedestrian figure of heroic size. 1t
represents Garfield in graceful atti'
tude, with one hand holding a manu-
script, as if he we're addressing the
people, and the Other resting on a
book supported by column, while his
top coat is thrown back, giving the fig
ure lifelike appearance. The figure
is OF course concealed from public view
by winding sheet of black cambria,
but it was undraped for few minutes
to be photographed, and again redrap-
ed, so to remain until the formal un-
yelling on the twelfth inst.
The inscription on the pedestal has
been criticised because it refers to Gar
field as "Senator" and also "Member
of Congress. He was never in fact a
Senator but only Senator-elect, and
strictly speaking there is no such
thing as "member of Congress but
only Senators and Representatives in
Congress.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-05-06
Poll Tax Abolished.

No more poll tax need be paid in
Pennsylvania for the exercise of the
privilege of suffrage. The bill abolish
ing the tax was passed at Harrisburg
last week. Pennsylvania now stands
in line with the most progressive
American States in refusing to put a
money price on privilege which in 9
republic should be the free and equal
right of every citizen of good character
and intelligence. Manhood suffrage
is not peculiar to the United States.
Even in a kingdom like Italy, and in
an empire like Germany, the right to
vote is less restricted than it is in some
American States. Justice and freedom
call for the free exercise Of voting, and
the abolition of the poll tax in Penn
sylvania will give the citizens OF the
State the equal privileges which could
be the rule everywhere.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-05-06
A Defender Of the Homestead.

President Cleveland, in his recent
letter of instruction to the Secretary of
the Interior, serves notice on the land
grant corporations that although they
may want the earth and the fatness
thereof, they shall have in future no
more of it than they are legally entitled
to. In other words, land enough for
FIVE or six Commonwealths the size of
Pennsylvania will not be longer with.
drawn from settlement because two or
three railway corporations think they
may in future be entitled to a small
fraction of it under the terms of their
original grants.
The case which called out this signif-
cant letter was one of peculiar hardship.
A settler named Guilford Miller took
up homestead and proceeded to i'm
prove it, the land being fifty miles from
the line of the Northern Pacific Road.
The grant to the road extended only
forty miles on either side and Miller
very naturally supposed he was out.
side of the limits of any possible rail.
way claims. But the Northern Pacific
officials induced the government to
withdraw from settlement another belt
twenty miles in width, from which they
might, when they got good and ready,
select land enough to make up any de-
ficiency caused by settlements in the
forty mile grant prior to the act Of
Congress ceding it to the company.
Miller's farm was in this twenty mile
belt and the railway company demand.
ed that his homestead entry should be
cancelled. Commissioner Sparks de-
cided in favor of Miller. An appeaI
was taken and Attorney General 3ar.
land sustained the claim of the railway
President Cleveland at this point
thrusts in his oar and not only orders
Secretary Lamar to sustain Miller IN
the possession of his homestead, but
gives notice that the practice of with
holding millions of acres of these So
called indemnity lands from settlement
must be abandoned.
In plain English this means that in
future homestead settlers are to have
some rights which land grant railroads
must respect. This is President Cleve.
lands position, and as he has good
deal of influence with this administra.
ton it may be taken for granted that
his views will be carried out during
the nearly two years he will remain in
office. 1t was high time a reform in
the Land Office was inaugurated. Near.
lv two wears AGO 80 notable a Republi
can as Elihu B. Washburns declared
that it had been for the last fifteen OF
twenty years the most corrupt depart
ment that ever existed in any govern
ment on the face OF the earth. The
lands are needed for actual settlers and
there is no sense in holding th,m in
defnately away from the public just to
allow the railways, at their leisure, to
select the choicest of them Times.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-05-06
An Elastic Law.

If for no other reason than to assure
some uniformity in the construction of
the law, the bill to regulate the grant
ing of licenses now pending in the
legislature, or some similar measure,
should have place on the statute books.
The law now in force has always been
open to many constructions, but never
before this spring have the courts TAX
en- 80 many different views of what it
prescribes.
In Huntingdon county, for instance,
the associate judges construed the law
to give them the authority to refuse
every application for license if they
chose, no matter what the desires of
the community might be in the matter
and they consequently overruled Judge
Furst, the president judges opinion
that certain licenses must be granted
under the law and threw all license ap-
plications out of court, creating practi-
cally q prohibition county. Judge
White, of the Indiana district, also con-
strues the law according to the dictates
of bis conscience, as he puts it, and will
grant no licenses this spring.
In many other districts the judges
use the law on the local option principle,
and grant license if majority of the
people seem to desire licenses by sign
ing applications. If a majority remon-
strate against license then none are
granted. In Lycoming county Judge
Cummin inquiries simply whether the
applicant has complied with the law
and if he has his license is granted, ir-
respective of signers for or against it..
A majority of the judges recognize the
names OF women on remonstrances as
of legal force, while others will pay no
attention to the signatures of women,
declaring that if they are recognized it
is practically recognition of female
suffrage, which has no existence under
the laws of this state.
In the Luzerne district Judge Wood
ward grants every license that is ap-
piled for, against which no remon-
STRANGE is made, holding that the law
gives him no option in the matter.
That is the view taken of it by Judge
Bucher, of the Mlffln district, and he
does not permit himself to be influenced
by remonstrances or the moral phase
of the liquor question. He grants the
license OF every applicant who complies
with the law.
With 80 much difference of opinion
as to the meaning of the old license
law great confusion has crept into the
various judicial districts in applying
the excise measure. There surely
should be an improvement somewhere
in the law governing so important a
factor In the political and social cor
di,ion of the state as the liquor traffic.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-05-06

The sensationallst who started the
story that President Cleveland had de-
cided to decline a denomination next
year, has done good service for both
the President and the country. He
precipitated general discussion of the
question of Cleveland's reelection in
every State and Territory of the Union,
and that discussion developed every
special element of strength and weak
ness of the administration. 1t also
led to very free discussion of the
business situation under President
Cleveland and the general faith in his
conservative policy. 1t was sudden
taking account of political stock, SO to
speak, of both parties and all promin-
ent candidates, in which Cleveland
figures greatly to the advantage of
both himself and his party.-TSnes.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-05-06
dBIAN AND DEMOCRAT. BLOOMSBURG COLUMBIA COUNTY, Pa

Brobst and Hattie Ringrose-Gram-
mar School Fifth Street.
observation-disclosures Woodward
Grammar School Fifth Street.
Cobbler's Song-Primary Third St.
Valedi,tory--Mabel Meyer.
The overture will be a grand march
composed expressly for this occasion
by Prof. Metherell.
EVENING PROGRAM.
The exercises will begin at O'Clock.
Opening Chorus--Ellie Hasserl, Fan
ME Sterner, Hattie Sterner, Hattie
Beist, Hattie foreman, Mary Crevel-
ing, Morris Sloan, Charles Gilmore,
Charles laval, Fred. Drinker, and
others.
Salutatory-Mertie Bidleman.
Male Quartette--Oscar Ent, George
Hart, Ed. Ent, Frank Colley.
Recitation-"Death Bridge Of the
Tay"-Maggie Evans.
Piano Solo-"Old Black joe
Mary Harman.
Drama-"Rough Diamonds"-Gco.
Sloan, Oscar Enl, Charles laval,
Frank Brown, Mary Harmsn, Hattie
foreman, Annie Woods.
Soio-"Memories come DER me-
Edith Weiss.
Essay-Power of Individuality
Agnes Garrison.
Recitation--''Ode to the Sky Lark"
Mary Creveling.
Guitar Duet-Oscar Ent, Charles
laval.
Drama-"Wooing under Difficult
ties'-Elisba Fornwald, George Hart,
Frank Colley, Joe Furman, Agnes
Garrison, Edith Weiss. Annie Elliott
Recitstion-"The Lips that touch
Liquor shall never touch mine"-Fan-
ME Freeze.
Piano Solo-"Wanderipg Minstrels'
Maggie Evans.
SoDg--"Beautiful Blue Dauube"-
Effie Hartman.
Chorus-"The Sunny Long-ago"--
Lulu Creveling, Effie Hartman, An
ME Elliott, Edith Weiss, Annie Eyer,
Frank Brown, Charles Bidleman,
Harry Hess, Joe Furman, William
Leacock, Edward Traub, George Will.
liams, Michael Casey and others.
Military Drill and Camp Soene-Os-
car Ent, Elisha Fornwald, Freeze
Qnick, Charles laval, Edward Eyer,
William Leacock, George Sloan, Frank
Colley, George Hart.
Duet-"Over the Waves we float.
Effie Hartman, Ed. Ent.
Solo-"The Sunny Longs o.
Frank Colley.
Valedictory-Hsttie foreman.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-05-06

Nebraska has furnished an illustra-
ton of the practical value of Arbor day.
In that State of great prairies on the
first of its Arbor days, fifteen years ago
12,00O,O 900 shoots were planted now
the United States Forestry Commission
reports that there are fine groves grow.
ing 800 miles west of the Mississippi,
and that 605,OOO,O0O trees are thriving
where few years ago none could be
seen save along the streams. The OBJ
servanoe of tree planting is sort of
education to many children, who thus
learn the names and characteristics OF
trees and above all, it has an eco.
nomic Importance in clothing waste
places with valuable timber. There's
no doubt about it, Arbor day is good
institution.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-05-06
Superintendent Grimes.

The reelection of J. S. Grimes to the
office of county superintendent on Tues
day afternoon by the school directors
of Columbia county gives general sat
isfaction to the public. 1t was well
deserved mark of confidence and esteem
in and for the character and qualifica-
tions of faithful and hard working
official. Mr.. Grimes has raised the
standard of teachers and schools during
the past six years and he is better quail
fed to carry on the good work now
than ever before. We congratulate
him upon his success, and we commend
his wisdom in not allowing himself to
be drawn into personal newspaper
campaign during the progress of the
canvass.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-05-06

Democratic State Chairman Dallas
Sanders has issued the following call /:
A meeting of the State committee,
pursuant to adjournment, will be held
at Harrisburg on Wednesday, May IL,
at IL o'clock, noon, at the Bolton
House, to fix the time of meeting of
the next State Convention, to act on
the report of the committee recommend
ing uniform plan for making Senat-
orial and Congressional nominations to
receive the reports of the county Or
ganizations and to transact such other
business as may be brought before the
committee. If you cannot possibly
come please ask the chairman of your
county committee to attend.